Wichita eagle., 1887-12-13
NO MANS LAND.
Winter-The Outlook-Machine Politcis
The Pretended Territorial Council.

BEAVER City, N. S., 1. T., Dec. 5.
To the Editor of the Eagle
Our winter, so far. is quite Italian,
only one blizzardy day: the snow accom-
panying it and that which proceeded
and came after, with some gentle show
ers Of rain, with the freeze and thaw-out,
has put a good season in the ground and
blowing has commenced, all favorable
to the next crop. Stock is still keeping
fat on the ranges While some of our
people have left to winter over, about as
many more are coming in and the popu-
lation remains the same.
All are looking forward with anxiety
to what congress may do to open the
strip for more permanent and rapid set
Element Two delegates have gone on
to Washington to represent us in con-
gress and hurry up this matter; one
elected by a process gotten
up and carried out through
delegated convention of
the people, which was held at Boutwell,
last September. The other delegate was
elected under the auspices of a political
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"Cimarron territory" gotten up and
chiefly managed by one man, himself
now the delegate to congress. The coun-
ell, which is pretty much creature of
his own hands, passes resolutions of in
structions, pretending to voice the peo-
pie, and send them on to Washington to
enlghten congressman, etc. Il would
Just say in parenthasis that said reSo-
buttons are dictated if not written by the
said delegate before he left, and the
whole thing, machine and its environ
ments, made more effective by the in
spiration of Sid Clark, of Kansas, on his
mission tour to the strip last fall This
same pretended council of Cimarron ter
ritory which has been faunted SO much
of late, in public prints. met in Beaver
today. Out of the full dele
CATION for the whole strip re-
ported to have been elected.
twenty-three in all, only nine put in an
appearance: and all of them but one in
the immediate vicinity OF Beaver and
he only three miles away. The organ
iZation of the concern was StereOtyped.
The committee on credentials counted
out or counted in as it best suited the
purposes of the machine. The object
was to get those who would serve, and be
of one mind: and to do this, they dropped
out when ever certificate of election
had been issued and substituted others
instead. Then to secure a quOroum of
all the members pretended to have been
elected vacancies, or absentees are filled
by the council itself The organization
and running of this bogus council IS as
big farce as the election was q fraud
upon the people. Two or three men got
up the election: placed such men on
the ticket as were OF the same opinion OF
the ring masters, some by their own con-
sent and others without their consent.
Polls were opened wherever the most
votes could be had for the ticket. The
largest returns were made from places
never before or since heard of in the
strip: and these returns, tickets, poll
books. tally sheets and all, were made to
one mantle son-in-law of the machines
congressnan-in the name however, for
appearances sake, of the secretary OF the
bogus territorial council. The resolil-
tons and acts of such a pretended terri
torial council claiming TO voice the peO-
pie OF this public land strip, are Of no
more authority than an equal number of
men assembled for similar purpose of
expressing their opinions anywhere i'll
the strip, and they are no more than an
average for intelligence and hardly an
average for honesty. And yet, such
political schemers. honor-seekerS and as
pirants are deceiving the public and even
attempting to impose upon congress by
asking for some sort Of recognition.
They don't love law and order half so
much as they love fame and self agran-
dizement. The NEUTRAL SPY.